In Zion's hall of mirrors: a comment onNeuer Antisemitismus?

Characterizing “the Enemy”: Zionism and Islamism in the Iranian and Israeli Press

“…Zionism is commonly defined as ''the movement for national revival and independence of the Jewish people in 'Eretz Yisrael''' (Israel by its biblical name) (Rolef, 1993, p. 343). Beller (2007) contends that Zionism is an ''ethnonationalist ideology'' built upon the fundamental belief that ''Israel is the expression of the Jewish people's right to national self-determination' ' (p. 226). In this way, Zionistic values in Israeli culture, such as those found in the media, often reflect the expressed right of Israel's existence and willingness to protect it.…”

On the possibility of critiquing Israel: The Times’ engagement with Israel’s deployment of white phosphorous during the first Gaza war

“…However, the question is also of interest for those concerned about the peculiar state of the debate surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Bunzl, 2007;Fine, 2009;Hirsh, 2010;Klug, 2008Klug, , 2009. As has been regularly noted, the discourse on Palestine is characterized less by the 'give and take of arguments' (Klug, 2008) and more by some sort of 'tennis match' (Beller, 2007) where any attempt at persuasion and education is but a chimera to cover up the true business of point scoring (Judaken, 2008). There is no attempt at understanding, only to be proven right and to prove others wrong.…”

“…As has been regularly noted, the discourse on Palestine is characterized less by the "give and take of arguments" (Klug, 2008) and more by some sort of "tennis match" (Beller, 2007) where any attempt at persuasion and education is but a chimera to cover up the true business of point scoring (Judaken, 2008). There is no attempt at understanding, only to be proven right and to prove others wrong.…”

Medien - Diskurs - Weltpolitik

“…Dort kamen auch irakische Akteure sowie der damalige UN-Chefwaffeninspektor Blix zu Wort, während etwa im amerikanischen Fernsehkanal NBC nahezu ausschließlich ehemalige Waffeninspekteure, die den Krieg befürworteten, interviewt wurden.57 Ates et al konnten für den Verlauf der ersten Kriegswochen zudem zeigen, dass sich selbst die deutsche Boulevardberichterstattung zunehmend auf eine breitere55 Vgl. Dunsky 2001;Goldfarb 2001;Beller 2007. Vgl.…”